Starting with Gender in International Higher Education Research: Conceptual Debates and Methodological Considerations

269 Pages·2018·3.384 MB·English

by  Emily F. Henderson, Z Nicolazzo

Starting with Gender
in International Higher
Education Research
Bridging a gap between higher education research and women’s and
gender studies, this volume explores the conceptual underpinnings and
methodological implications involved in researching different concepts
commonly associated with gender, including queer, trans*, women,
men, feminisms and intersectionality, alongside discussions about the
term gender itself. Drawing on a range of empirical experiences and
methodological frameworks, chapter authors consider the ethical,
political, theoretical and practical questions that arise when conducting
gender-related research in college and university contexts. This book is
a foundation for understanding the complexities of gender, as well as
a site for envisioning new futures for educators and researchers in this
emerging global discipline.
Emily F. Henderson is Assistant Professor of International Education and
Development at the University of Warwick, UK.
Z Nicolazzo is Assistant Professor of Trans* Studies in Education in the
Center for the Study of Higher Education at the University of Arizona,
U.S.A.
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Starting with Gender in International Higher Education Research
Conceptual Debates and Methodological Considerations
Edited by Emily F. Henderson and Z Nicolazzo
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Starting with Gender
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Conceptual Debates and
Methodological Considerations
Edited by
Emily F. Henderson
Z Nicolazzo
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For everyone who takes the risk of starting with gender,
in their lives and work, even when it is the hardest path to
take. Here’s to transnational gender friendships.
—Emily
For Dan, Emily, Katy, and Susan, who have always encour-
aged and supported me to live my queerest life. And for
Lauren, who is the best teammate I could ask for.
—Z

Contents
List of Tables ix
List of Contributors x
Introduction: Starting with Concepts: A (Re)Introduction 1
Z NICOLAZZO AND EMILY F. HENDERSON
1 Starting with Gender: Definitional Politics in International
Higher Education Research 12
EMILY F. HENDERSON
2 Starting with Feminisms: Asking Feminist Questions,
Enacting Feminist Praxis in Higher Education 29
SUSAN B. MARINE
3 Starting with Women: In the Same Boat? Academic Women
and Academic Womanhood in Higher Education Research 47
KATJA JÖNSAS
4 Starting with Men: Emancipatory Possibilities for Higher
Education Praxis 62
RACHEL WAGNER, CHASE CATALANO, AND DAN TILLAPAUGH
5 Starting with Sexuality: Conceptualizing (Mis)translations
of Sexualities and Genders as Willful Strategies of
Organizational Survival at a Mexican University 83
ANDRÉS CASTRO SAMAYOA
6 Starting with LGB(T): Methodological Considerations
in Quantitative Gender and Sexual Identity Research in
Higher Education 98
MICHAEL R. WOODFORD, JESSICA Y. JOSLIN AND
ZACK MARSHALL
viii Contents
7 Starting with Queer: An Enigmatic Concept for Higher
Education Research and Practice 126
JAMES BURFORD AND LOUISA ALLEN
8 Starting with Trans*: The Effects of Methodological
Violence through Gender Categorization in Higher
Education Research 144
Z NICOLAZZO
9 Starting with Community/ies? Intentional Beginnings as
Sites for Trans*Formative Higher Education Praxis 161
S. L. SIMMONS AND T. J. JOURIAN
10 Starting with Sexual Harassment: Gender Politics in the
Contemporary Indian University 179
MADHUMEETA SINHA
11 Starting with Mother: Contesting the Gendered Binaries of
Care Operating in Higher Education 197
GENINE HOOK
12 Starting with Intersectionality: Entanglements of Gender,
Race and Class in Student Experiences of Higher Education 214
TALITA M. L. CALITZ
13 Continuing with Concepts: Categorical Imaginings and
Possibilities for Reinvention 231
MARY LOU RASMUSSEN
Index 241
Tables
6.1 Gender identity and sexual identity questions in selected
large-scale higher education surveys 104
6.2 Articles inclusive of LGBT-related demographic
information published in leading higher education
journals 2007–2017 108